Hanno Koffler

Hanno Koffler (born March 25, 1980) is a German actor and musician. His most famous films include Summer Storm (2004), alongside Robert Stadlober and Krabat (2008), alongside Daniel Brühl and Tom Wlaschiha. Both films by German film director Marco Kreuzpaintner. His most outstanding work was in the movie Free Fall (2013), alongside Max Riemelt and Katharina Schüttler, directed by Stephan Lacant. He then starred in an Oscar-nominated film, Never Look Away (2018), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring alongside Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, and Saskia Rosendahl.

Hanno Koffler
Born (1980-03-25) March 25, 1980
Berlin, Germany
Occupation
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active2000–present

Life and career

Koffler was born in Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany (currently Germany). He was raised with his three brothers in Charlottenburg by a working middle-class family. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Koffler family was severely affected, Hanno's father fell professionally, forcing the family to move to Saxony-Anhalt. At an early age, Koffler began acting in small roles in plays.

In 1994 he founded the band "Kerosin" with his brother Max Koffler, Hanno being the drummer. The band ranked second in the world's largest live band contest "Emergenza" in 2002.

Upon returning to Berlin at the age of 18, Koffler applied for admission to the Ernst Busch Theater School, but was rejected. In 2002, he would officially begin his acting career with various roles in cinema films such as Anatomy 2 and in Marco Kreuzpaintner films, including the 2004 Summer Storm and Krabat in 2008. He later moved to Austria. to study acting until 2007 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, where he would play roles in various theatrical productions directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer.

After several performances on television, theater and cinema, in 2013 he starred in the film Free Fall, along with Max Riemelt and Katharina Schüttler. The film was directed by Stephan Lacant and became a huge success both in Germany and internationally. In 2017, a campaign was launched through crowdfunding to carry out a sequel.

In 2015, he was nominated for a Best Actor for the Deutscher Filmpreis for the drama/documentary film Tough Love (Härte), by director Rosa von Praunheim, in which he plays Andreas Marquardt. It was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won third place in the Panorama Audience Award.

In 2016, he appeared in the Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle miniseries, playing Rudolf Dassler.

In 2018, he starred in Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated film Never Look Away with Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, and Saskia Rosendahl.

In 2019, he joined the original Amazon Beat series, again under the direction of Marco Kreuzpaintner, playing the character of Paul. That same year, he was part of the cast of the German series, Pagan Peak.

Awards
  • Filmfestival Durban, South Africa (2008) - Best male Actor for A Hero's Welcome (Nacht vor Augen)[1]
  • Franz-Hofer-Preis, Filmhaus Saarbrücken (2009) for A Hero's Welcome (Nacht vor Augen)
  • 2014 - German Film Award - Nominated Film Award in Gold Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Freier Fall (film)[2]

Filmography (selection)

References
  1. "Durban Festival fosters 'Child'". Variety.com. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. "Hanno Koffler attends the Lola German Film Award 2014". Gettyimages. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

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